23andMe is now offering a $99 genetics test again — but it's very different from the original

For those who are interested in
learning more about where their family came from using a genetics
test, but don't want
all the other reports 23andMe offers, the company has a test
for that.

23andMe, a consumer genetics company, said Wednesday that it
would now offer two versions of the test:

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The $199 version, which comes
with both the health and ancestry components.The $99 version, which will just have the ancestry test.

23andMe noted that users could opt into full test if they want to
later, but for an additional $125. The ancestry test is
essentially what 23andMe offered before it relaunched its
health and wellness components last year. The $99 price tag
is the same as
AncestryDNA's test, which also sequences your genes to
help trace your geographic roots.

In it, users will get access to reports that break down the
Ancestry Composition (which regions your genes most closely align
with), haplogroups (a genetic population that shares a common
ancestor), and a person's Neanderthal ancestry. They will also
get access to the DNA Relatives tool, something 23andMe users can
opt into that connects users with one another and shows if they
have close or distant relatives in the system.